Wisconsin Rapids girls soccer team uses a unique attack this season

6:20 PM,
May 8, 2013

Wisconsin Rapids' Lauran Graper, from left, Nicole Timm, Ali Graper and Libby Derks wait to substitute into a recent game against Stevens Point Area Senior High. The Raiders are running a system that calls for wave-style subbing to keep the players fresh. Waiting to get into the game for SPASH is Brianna Roth.

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What might just look like wholesale substitutions to the casual observer is a well-designed plan of attack.

Veteran Wisconsin Rapids coach Nate Cleveland is bringing back a style of play he used when the Raiders won the 2008 Wisconsin Valley Conference title.

"What we're doing is running a basic 3-4-3 set," Cleveland said. "It's a bit of an odd duck, but teams do use it. Not as much as a 4-4-2, but it is used. We've had success in the past and that's part of the reason we brought it back this season." ...